RockAuto.com Week To Wicked 2006 Chrysler SRT8, Day 5 Update

We’ve had a blast this week building out our 2006 Chrysler 300c SRT8 for the Car Craft Week To Wicked presented by RockAuto.com. Past Week To Wicked programs focused on a wide variety of vehicles, but few of them have been as accessible, affordable, or as luxurious as this one. The idea was to present a project that the typical weekend Joe could bolt together, rather than having to take out a second mortgage.

The fact that we are giving the car away in a sweepstakes was not lost on us; by building a family friendly highway hauler with plenty of power, razor-sharp cornering, world-class stopping, and room for five, we made it the perfect machine for the hot rodding family on the go. And since our sponsor, RockAuto.com, was founded on the principle of providing reliably low prices for auto parts to the DIY person on a budget, this 12-year-old sedan and its new owner will be right in their wheelhouse.

So just exactly who is the new owner? Well, it could be you! Between now and November 30, 2018, you can sign up to win this baby by logging on to www.HotRod.com/W2W. You’ll be getting a lot of car that will be able to turn and stop on a dime—and one that can incinerate the tires at will, thanks to Edelbrock’s E-Force supercharger kit, which puts out a 50-state, smog-legal 560 horsepower.

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Besides RoackAuto.com and Edelbrock, project Week To Wicked has a stout coilover suspension supplied by Petty’s Garage, spark plugs and ignition coils by E3, upgraded brakes front and rear by Powerstop (supplied by RockAuto.com), an XS Power battery, a new Dynomax exhaust system (also from RockAuto.com), 22-inch ABL-15 wheels from Asanti, ExtremeContact tires from Continental, and a custom form-fitting indoor car cover (with a cool custom Car Craft Week To Wicked logo) from Covercraft.

When you start out with a car that has over 100,000 miles like ours, the most important part of all is restoring it to near new condition with parts from RockAuto.com. Our Car Craft Week To Wicked SRT8 now has a truckload of new parts that are common wear items, such as wipers, floor mats, filters, hood struts, headlights, nav DVD … even a new rear bumper cover that replaced the thrashed one that came on the car.

The highlight of the fifth and final day was a special appearance by Jeff Styles. Jeff is a renowned pinstripe artist who has laid lines on some of the nicest hot rods in recent decades. After assisting with the application of our custom hood graphic, Styles whipped out his secret box of goodies and integrated some matching red stripes on the side and bumpers, giving the W2W SRT8 some bona fides to go with the tire-smoking power of the blown 6.1 liter.

With the car finally finished, we decided to hit the beach with a cruise down the Pacific Coast Highway to Huntington Beach. Considering the sheer number of exotics, supercars, and high-end muscle that frequents the place around the clock, we were surprised at all the swiveling heads and thumbs up that we got. We knew right then that this car was not just wicked, but wicked cool too.

Stay tuned in the weeks ahead when we bring you the full feature on our Week To Wicked Chrysler!